1
: one that serves food or drink
2
: the player who serves (as in tennis)
3
: something used in serving food or drink
4
: one that serves legal processes upon another
5
: the celebrant's assistant at mass
6
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of email) to other computers in the network
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She asked our server for another glass of wine.
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
Achieving sub-three-second time-to-first-token across multiple sensors and data types is not difficult by scaling today’s high-performance server-grade chips.
—Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Some states and cities – including Amazon’s home base Seattle – have considered or implemented moratoriums on construction of new server farms, in part to allow for further study.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Highflying names such as Nvidia and Broadcom slid as server maker Super Micro Computer tumbled 28% on a $7-billion stock sale plan, stoking fresh worries about an AI-fueled bubble.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/server. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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server
noun
serv·er
ˈsər-vər 
1
: a person who serves food or drink
2
: the player who puts a ball in play
3
: something (as a tray) used in serving food or drink
4
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files or the delivery of email) to other computers
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